Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [adv] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you act as a rubber stamp you can not also expect to be taken seriously as a watchdog . ’ |
| 2 | New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises . |
| 3 | At the general election we shall be justified in saying that the Conservative party can not again claim to be the party of law and order . |
| 4 | Still , if you knew the pressure on beds here during the Festival you would be glad not to be in a tent in the gardens — often the fate of the young I do not , however , anticipate being away , as I can not really afford to be ( either literally £££ ) or away from job search which gets daily more depressing . |
| 5 | The likes of us we 've got a man behind us , but the likes of them I feel sorry for , they can not actually afford to be sick and that 's it . |
| 6 | If Mr Sisulu senior ( and his seven fellow detainees ) are allowed to take part in political activities , his wife Albertina and their son Zwelakhe , a newspaper editor , can not realistically continue to be restricted . |